That woman, her face a bloody mess, stumbled back several steps before falling onto the ground.

The silver bracelet on her wrist shattered upon impact, unable to withstand the force. The clothes on the woman's body transformed into a blood-soaked set of men's camouflage gear.

"Man!" Shen Qingbai stamped her foot. "Why are you so impulsive? You've killed an innocent person!"

My face was grim as I looked at Shen Qingbai. "Do you think I couldn't see what you could?"

As I turned, Ye Yang and Feng Ruoxing had already knocked their opponents to the ground. After they removed the bracelets from their hands, three more faceless male corpses appeared in the room.

I said in a low voice, "This is Yu Hao and his father, plus his adoptive father."

"The lady of the house was hung on the courtyard wall. If you don't believe me, go and flip over that wolf skin and see if there's a human skin underneath."

Shen Qingbai rushed to the door and used her sword to lift the wolf skin. Sure enough, a human skin with distinct facial features was revealed beneath it.

Although the person's skin had been peeled off, a pair of eyes were still looking in the direction of the house.

My back had been under the gaze of that human skin just now.

I stood in the room and transmitted my voice, "You can go and see if there's a skinned person thrown in her well."

Shen Qingbai walked back with a pale face. "The Corpse Demon peeled off their faces, doesn't that mean that Guardian Xuan Yue and the others were led up the mountain by a dead man to save two dead people? They..."

"Did you realize that there was something wrong with Yu Hao back at the hotel?"

"Yes!" I said bluntly, "The rules of the art are not to save those who seek death themselves. Xuan Yue himself wanted to lead people to their deaths, and you didn't stop him. Why should I help you?"

"You..." Shen Qingbai pointed her sword at my throat. "You deserve to die for standing by and watching!"

I didn't even look at the blade that was less than two inches from my throat. "Hall Master Shen, there's something you seem to have forgotten. Xuan Yue himself kicked me out of the mission, right?"

"Your Aoxue Sect can break faith, why can't I stand by and watch?"

Shen Qingbai was speechless under my questioning.

Shen Qingbai stood there with her sword raised for a long time before bowing with a flushed face. "Mr. Li, please save Aoxue Sect, save the disciples on the mountain."

I knew that Shen Qingbai lowered her head partly for the sake of the sect, and partly because of her own personality.

I could see that Shen Qingbai was a person of principle, otherwise she wouldn't be the master of the Dark Hall. However, she couldn't resist the sect's decisions. The Dark Hall only obeyed the sect.

I said, "Notify Aoxue Sect and be careful of your own people."

"The Corpse Demon knows our whereabouts like the back of her hand. There must be a reason for it. I suspect that someone in your sect is informing her."

"Of course, you don't have to believe me!"

While Shen Qingbai was turning to contact the sect, I said quickly, "Look for any clues in this house! And be quick!"

That fake Yu Hao said at the hotel that his father had told him: Even if you find the people, don't bring them home.

It might be Yu Hao's father's original words, because he was afraid that the demon fox would follow us to his house and harm his family.

Another possibility was that Yu Hao's adoptive father had already deduced that this trip would be dangerous, so he deliberately left Yu Hao a message, asking him to lead us over to find the clues he left at home.

Before I came, I was still hesitating between the two guesses. Now, I can completely confirm that my second judgment is correct.

Back then, Yu Hao's father got into trouble with that black fox because he was selling fox skins. The demon fox went down the mountain and peeled off the skins of his family of three to take revenge, which was in line with the fox demon's style.

The fox demon had been guarding Yu Hao's house for twenty years without success. In addition to Yu Hao's adoptive father's deduction, there should be something that could suppress the black fox, so that it would not dare to act rashly.

This time, Yu Hao's adoptive father went up the mountain to resolve the tribulation, and he should have taken that thing with him.

If I guessed correctly, the place where that secret treasure was hidden was where Yu Hao's adoptive father left his clues.

The human skin hanging on the wall had not been treated. Judging from the corpse, the lady of the house should have been dead for more than three days. The black fox had been in his house for three days and couldn't find any clues, so that secret treasure must be hidden extremely well.

The three of us searched inside and out several times, but couldn't find anything special!

Feng Ruoxing couldn't help but say, "Li Po, do you think it's true that Yu Hao's adoptive father knows the art of celestial secrets?"

I frowned and said, "If that fake Yu Hao didn't make up a story to deceive us, it should be true. You mean..."

Feng Ruoxing said, "Let's assume that Yu Hao's adoptive father is a diviner. Since he could calculate that you have a scar on your shoulder, could he also calculate what you're going to do next?"

"What I mean is: Just like when you were fighting Ling in the manor, some unconscious action of yours could find that thing, and only you and she know about this action."